Many areas in the West Rand municipality have been without water for at least five days due to the slow restoration of reservoirs.
Old age homes, healthcare facilities affected by Mogale City water outage Many areas in the West Rand municipality have been without water for at least five days due to the slow restoration of reservoirs. A drop of water hanging from the head of a tap. Picture: Pixabay.com Rand Water Mogale City Water outage Email Print Tweet Share Thabiso Goba | 19 July 2023 18:33 JOHANNESBURG – Old age homes and healthcare facilities are just some of the places affected by the prolonged water outages in parts of Mogale City. Many areas in the West Rand municipality have been without water for at least five days due to the slow restoration of reservoirs. This follows a 58-water shutdown by bulk water supplier Rand Water last Tuesday, for infrastructure maintenance. Mogale City ward 21 councillor Lynette du Toit said that her area had a hospital, medical rooms and an old age home that housed 2,000 elderly people. She said that water provisions for these public facilities had run out. Du Toit said that private organisations had stepped in to fill the gap. Lynette du Toit, Mogale City Ward 21 councillor, said hospitals and old age homes in her area have been affected…